30 Days of Sonic Announcing 30 Days of Sonic 2022! It's Back!

[Dreadknux]

I'm very proud to announce that, as part of The Sonic Stadium's celebrations of Sonic the Hedgehog's 31st Anniversary, we will be bringing back a community favourite event from the dead. Introducing the 30 Days of Sonic 2022!

The "30 Days of Sonic" was a community event that began on The Sonic Stadium way back in the early 2010s. The premise is simple - every day, a new discussion topic or activity was revealed for the Sonic Community to participate in, with account incentives and rewards for those that took the time to play a part.

This year, we will be running a number of simple but varied activities every day, from June 1 - June 30 inclusive. There will be a different kind of activity for each day of the week. Here's what you can expect:

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• Mondays (starting June 6): Music Track of the Week
  Every week we will ask you what your favourite Sonic music track is, based on a particular theme or category. We will share an example of our favourite song from said theme to kick off the conversation!
   
• Tuesdays (starting June 7): Fan Game Favourites
  On Tuesdays, we will kick off a discussion about Fan Games and Game Hacks! This is an incredibly creative part of the Sonic community, and we wanted to give these fans some love.
   
• Wednesdays (starting June 1): Question of the Week
  The focus on Wednesdays is what this forum is all about - discussion! We kick off a particular topic with a question that asks you to dig deep within your heart (and memories) to share your thoughts, opinions and more!
   
• Thursdays (starting June 2): Comic Panel of the Week
  Whether it's IDW, Archie, Fleetway or the many manga that have existed in the world, Sonic has featured in comic form for a long time. Each week, we ask you to share your favourite panel (or moment) from a favourite comic series based on a particular theme.
   
• Fridays (starting June 3): Poll of the Week
  Time for some Friday Fun! On Fridays, we hold a poll to truly get to the bottom of some of the most interesting questions in the history of Sonic the Hedgehog. Honest.
   
• Saturdays (starting June 4): Game Challenge of the Week
  Weekends are for gaming! And what better game to play on your time off than Sonic? Every week we pose a simple but interesting challenge for Sonic gamers to accomplish. All the games featured are easily available on all modern consoles, and all you need to prove your completion is a snapshot taken from your chosen console's built-in screenshot feature.
   
• Sundays (starting June 5): Fan Art Challenge
  This is where all you creative artists can show the rest of the community What You're Made Of! On Sundays, post your completed piece of fan art (drawn/developed specifically for The Sonic Stadium's 30 Days of Sonic event) into the relevant Fan Art Challenge topic. Each week there is a different theme/prompt for you to work with - feel free to get creative! To give you the maximum amount of time to work on your projects, we are sharing the prompts ahead of time:
  
  Week 1 (to share on Sunday June 5): "Fist Bump"
  Week 2 (to share on Sunday June 12): "Custom Badniks"
  Week 3 (to share on Sunday June 19): "Heroic"
  Week 4 (to share on Sunday June 26): "Party"
   
• ALL JUNE: Sonic Stadium Banner Art Challenge
  We're bringing this back as part of 30 Days of Sonic 2022! We will give you dimensions and specs for our Sonic Stadium character banner (seen at the top of every page you browse on SSMB), and your job is to use your fan art skills to develop a new banner that will appear on the site's rotation. You have all of June to do this, so feel free to do this whenever you have the time. Contributing banners will be added to the random rotation cycle of the SSMB's Default "Stadium" theme.

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Each day's activity will be contained in its own forum topic on SSMB, and we will open up a brand new forum dedicated to both the 30 Days of Sonic 2022 event as well as any future events we host. It's called the 'Community Events' forum, and we will also allow fellow Sonic community members to pitch their own collaborative events to help bring the online Sonic community together! In the past, it has brought wonderful things such as the Sonic Stadium Music Album back in 2011-2013.

Finally... I mentioned that we used to host events like these on SSMB in the past, with member rewards and incentives for those that took part. Well, we couldn't rightly bring back something like 30 Days of Sonic without doing something similar. So, while we're not yet ready to share full details, I can say that in the near future we are also bringing back BADGES and other member incentives to The Sonic Stadium.

          

A selection of badges you can earn during the event.
Check the information topic for more badges and details.

For those that take part in 30 Days of Sonic, we will be developing Limited Edition exclusive event badges. So be sure to keep an eye on the Community Events forum, take part in each topic, and when we're ready to relaunch our new Badges system we will be able to reward your account with a special little icon proving you took part in something special for Sonic's 31st Anniversary. The general overview of Badges on offer:

• Special Badge for taking part in the First Day of 30 Days of Sonic 2022
• Special Badge for taking part in the Second Day of 30 Days of Sonic 2022
• Blue Badges - for taking part in Week 1 of a particular day's activity (except June 1 or 2)
• Bronze Badges - for taking part in Week 1 + 2 of a particular day's activity
• Silver Badges - for taking part in Weeks 1, 2 and 3 of a particular day's activity
• Gold Badges - for taking part in all Weeks of a particular day's activity
• Special Badge for taking part in EVERY day of 30 Days of Sonic 2022
• Special Badge for contributing to the Sonic Stadium Banner Challenge

I'll be creating a new topic in the Community Events forum outlining all of the above details so it's all in one easy-to-find place, later tonight. In the meantime, things will kick off in earnest on Wednesday June 1st! See you then!

[Sonictrainer]

For the "Custom Badniks" Fan Art Challenge, can we upgrade existing Badniks? Or do they have to be completely original?

[Dreadknux]

You can upgrade existing badniks, that would fit under the definition of 'custom' I think!